Prosocial Behavior And Altruism

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Consider and discuss how the phenomena of prosocial behavior and pure altruism relate to each other and how they differ from each other.

Pure altruism is a specific kind of prosocial behavior where your sole motivation is to help a person in need without seeking benefit for yourself. It is often viewed as a truly selfless form of behavior.

Provide an example each of prosocial behavior and pure altruism.

 

 

Please include at least 3 academic reference written in APA writing style.

Develop Professional Résumés

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Develop Professional Résumés

In order to demonstrate an awareness of psychological career alternatives in a community setting, you will develop résumés for each of the professional experts chosen for your presentation in the Week Three discussion.  Include relevant academic and professional experience that highlights their careers, appropriate skills, and expertise. Brief job descriptions identifying the major duties associated with each relevant work experience should also be included in the résumé. The job description format should be based on the Professional Experience section in the Sample Resume for a Counselling Psychologist.

Topics in Educational Psychology: Delving Deeper

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Application: Topics in Educational Psychology: Delving Deeper

Week 4: Considering the Connections

The articles you read and summarized helped to inform your knowledge of the specific topic you chose to investigate. They should also have enhanced your understanding of educational psychology. For your Application assignment this week, think about what you have learned about the topic you chose and about educational psychology. Then reread the summaries you wrote, and respond to the following:

  1. How did the experience of choosing a topic and searching for articles broaden and deepen your understanding of the field of educational psychology?
  2. How did the knowledge and information you gained from reading the articles broaden and deepen your understanding of the field of educational psychology?
  3. How might what you learned from this experience and/or the articles you read and summarized inform your future work with children and families?

Submit your written response to the above questions.

Assignment length: 1–2 pages

Define cognitive bias and choose two that you may experience.

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In Week Two, you discussed two important executive functions: self-regulation and time management. This week, you read about another important executive function, which is critical thinking. An important part of critical thinking is the ability to identify any cognitive biases you have that may affect the way you view the world. In your initial post: initial post must be at least 300 words in length.

    1. Define cognitive bias and choose two that you may experience. Explain how you would use critical thinking to overcome cognitive bias to ensure academic success.
    2. Use Adult Development and Learning as your primary source for this discussion, and include at least one in-text citation within the content of your post as well as include the corresponding reference/s at the end of your post according to APA guidelines.

Mossler, R. A. (2013). Adult development and learning. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.